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Meaning of "overstrike" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERSTRIKE

overstrike  [ˌəʊvəˈstraɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERSTRIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overstrike is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overstrike in English.

WHAT DOES OVERSTRIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overstrike

In typography, overstrike is a method of printing characters that are missing from the printer's character set. It was widely used around the early 1990s. The character was created by placing one character on another one — for example, overstriking "L" with "-" resulted in printing a "Ł" character. The ASCII code supports six different diacritics. These are: grave accent, tilde, acute accent, diaeresis, cedilla, and circumflex accent. Each is typed by typing the preceding character, then backspace, and then the 'related character', which is `, ~, ', ",, , or ^, respectively for the above mentioned accents. Many font renderers in computer programs invent missing bold characters by overstriking the normal character with itself, slightly horizontally offset. The horizontal offset is essential since, unlike a typewriter where repeating a letter in exactly the same space will make it darker, most modern printers will not darken repeated "strikes" to the same space. Actual bold fonts are designed with some features thicker and others the same size as a regular font, so the use of this "fake bold" is considered undesirable from a typographic point of view.

Definition of overstrike in the English dictionary

The definition of overstrike in the dictionary is to print a character on top of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERSTRIKE

PRESENT

Present
I overstrike
you overstrike
he/she/it overstrikes
we overstrike
you overstrike
they overstrike
Present continuous
I am overstriking
you are overstriking
he/she/it is overstriking
we are overstriking
you are overstriking
they are overstriking
Present perfect
I have overstruck
you have overstruck
he/she/it has overstruck
we have overstruck
you have overstruck
they have overstruck
Present perfect continuous
I have been overstriking
you have been overstriking
he/she/it has been overstriking
we have been overstriking
you have been overstriking
they have been overstriking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overstruck
you overstruck
he/she/it overstruck
we overstruck
you overstruck
they overstruck
Past continuous
I was overstriking
you were overstriking
he/she/it was overstriking
we were overstriking
you were overstriking
they were overstriking
Past perfect
I had overstruck
you had overstruck
he/she/it had overstruck
we had overstruck
you had overstruck
they had overstruck
Past perfect continuous
I had been overstriking
you had been overstriking
he/she/it had been overstriking
we had been overstriking
you had been overstriking
they had been overstriking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overstrike
you will overstrike
he/she/it will overstrike
we will overstrike
you will overstrike
they will overstrike
Future continuous
I will be overstriking
you will be overstriking
he/she/it will be overstriking
we will be overstriking
you will be overstriking
they will be overstriking
Future perfect
I will have overstruck
you will have overstruck
he/she/it will have overstruck
we will have overstruck
you will have overstruck
they will have overstruck
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overstriking
you will have been overstriking
he/she/it will have been overstriking
we will have been overstriking
you will have been overstriking
they will have been overstriking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overstrike
you would overstrike
he/she/it would overstrike
we would overstrike
you would overstrike
they would overstrike
Conditional continuous
I would be overstriking
you would be overstriking
he/she/it would be overstriking
we would be overstriking
you would be overstriking
they would be overstriking
Conditional perfect
I would have overstrike
you would have overstrike
he/she/it would have overstrike
we would have overstrike
you would have overstrike
they would have overstrike
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overstriking
you would have been overstriking
he/she/it would have been overstriking
we would have been overstriking
you would have been overstriking
they would have been overstriking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overstrike
we let´s overstrike
you overstrike
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overstrike
Past participle
overstruck
Present Participle
overstriking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERSTRIKE


antistrike
ˈæntɪˈstraɪk
awestrike
ˈɔːˌstraɪk
counterstrike
ˈkaʊntəˌstraɪk
flystrike
ˈflaɪˌstraɪk
grike
ɡraɪk
gryke
ɡraɪk
misstrike
ˌmɪsˈstraɪk
multistrike
ˈmʌltɪˌstraɪk
outstrike
ˌaʊtˈstraɪk
poststrike
ˌpəʊstˈstraɪk
prestrike
priːˈstraɪk
Reich
raɪk
restrike
ˌriːˈstraɪk
shrike
ʃraɪk
skrike
skraɪk
strike
straɪk
thunderstrike
ˈθʌndəˌstraɪk
trike
traɪk
tryke
traɪk
woodshrike
ˈwʊdˌʃraɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERSTRIKE

overstink
overstir
overstock
overstocked
overstory
overstrain
overstrained
overstress
overstretch
overstretched
overstrew
overstrewn
overstride
overstrong
overstruck
overstructured
overstrung
overstudy
overstuff
overstuffed

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERSTRIKE

air strike
bird strike
coal strike
dock strike
first-strike
general strike
go-slow strike
hunger strike
lightning strike
out on strike
rail strike
red-backed shrike
relay hunger strike
rent strike
second-strike
sit-down strike
surgical strike
take strike
ten-strike
token strike
wildcat strike

Synonyms and antonyms of overstrike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overstrike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERSTRIKE

Find out the translation of overstrike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overstrike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overstrike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重击
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overstrike
570 millions of speakers

English

overstrike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overstrike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overstrike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Повторное нажатие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overstrike
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overstrike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surimpression
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengimbangi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Overstrike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重ね打ちする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

겹쳐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overstrike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overstrike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overstrike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरस्ट्रिएक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üzerine yerleştirme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overstrike
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overstrike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повторне натискання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overstrike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overstrike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overstrike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överskrivnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Overstrike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overstrike

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSTRIKE»

The term «overstrike» is normally little used and occupies the 115.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of overstrike
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSTRIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overstrike» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overstrike» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overstrike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERSTRIKE»

Discover the use of overstrike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overstrike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Word Processing
If your computer is not making room, it is probably because it is in Overstrike (or overtype) mode. Overstrike will type straight over the top of the existing text, replacing the letters already there with the letters typed. Most people panic when this ...
James Dalton, 2001
2
Tcl/Tk: A Developer's Guide
... normal -slant ronan -underline 0 -over.strite 0 avantgarde test line - UNICODE: ft K l> -family avantgarde -size 24 -weight normal -slant roman -underline 0 - overstrike 0 bitstream charter test line -- UNICODE: ft fl C> -family (bitstrean charter!
Clif Flynt, 2003
3
PC Mag
Textra is almost always in the insert, rather than the overstrike, mode. This means that if you enter text in the middle of a sentence, all the text to the right moves over. I'm used to programs, such Ann Arbor Software 407 North Main Ann Arbor,  ...
4
Computing Center Memo
$RUN PC: WIDTHTABLES SCARDS=*SOURCE* SPRINT=-WIDTHS CNFIB8 CMBX6 CNFF10 $ENDFILE Character Translation Tables You may use the character translation tables to produce (via backspace and overstrike) characters that ...
University of Michigan Computing Center, 1985
5
Text Editing, Print and the Digital World
add> Eroi <de| type="overstrike">a</del> <del type="overstrike" seq="2"> <add p| ace="interlinear" seq="1">0 pit'1</add> </de|> quanto si voglia pari di </revision [ in bf]> </snippet> And the third: <snippet> <abbr>&amp;</abbr> forseeing ...
Professor Marilyn Deegan, Professor Kathryn Sutherland, 2012
6
RTF Pocket Guide
Some word-processing programs, such as WordPerfect, support a feature called overstrike, in which two (or more) characters can be printed one on top of each other. For example, an overstrike consisting of B and | would give you , which ...
Sean Burke, 2003
7
Using MS-DOS 6.22
The default is /OVERSTRIKE. Pressing the Insert key toggles between insert and overstrike modes. /OVERSTRIKE Makes new text overwrite old text on the command line (overstrike mode on). This is the default setting. Pressing the Insert key ...
Jim Cooper, 2002
8
The OpenVMS User's Guide
To change from the insert to the overstrike mode or vice versa, press the INSERT/ OVERSTRIKE key. The status line on the bottom of the screen will reflect this change. Try Experiment 3.16 to see how INSERT/OVER- STRIKE works.
Patrick Holmay, 1998
9
Mastering Perl/Tk: Graphical User Interfaces in Perl
-slant => $slant, -underline => $underline, -overstrike => $overstrike]); }. This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition This. use Tk; use Tk::BrowseEntry; use strict; my $mw = MainWindow->new(-title  ...
Stephen Lidie, Nancy Walsh, 2002
10
Guardians of Letters : Literacy, Power, and the Transmitters ...
U, and ivak\i (for 'lepo\)oaA,f|Li); vryu<; and it\dv (for forms of 'lr|CO\)<;); icomA. and iapT]X (for forms of 'lcpaf|X); Kupiou, written plene but with an overstrike, and kov (for forms of icupiocj; oupv (for oupocvov); nap, nxpa, nxpv (for forms of ...
Kim Haines-Eitzen Assistant Professor of Early Christianity Cornell University, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERSTRIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overstrike is used in the context of the following news items.
1
An Environmental Treasure
He will then have what he called a ghostly overstrike (translucent top layer) of contemporary things from the Beatrice area. The project will be ... «Beatrice Daily Sun, Jul 15»
2
Games: The oversell of Tom Clancy's The Division
EA's Fuse, which started life as a zany shooter in the tradition of the universally loved Rachet and Clank called Overstrike was abruptly ... «Daily Review, Jul 15»
3
Forgotten game trailers - Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke
Overstrike is great, but lots of people know about that one. Think of something that would have been really great if only more people had known ... «TechnoBuffalo, Jun 15»
4
E3 2015: Do Want: Horizon Zero Dawn
Alpha Protocol. The Agency. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Overstrike (which then became Fuse). Watch Dogs. The Division. Each and every ... «Hardcore Gamer, Jun 15»
5
Ratchet & Clank Coming to US Theatres in April 2016
The film has been written by TJ Fixman, a veteran of no less than six Ratchet & Clank games, not to mention Resistance 2 and Overstrike. «God is a Geek, May 15»
6
Viaduct reopens after semi loses load of giant spools
"Anytime we have an overstrike hit or a traffic hit on a bridge, we follow it up with a close-up inspection and monitor it to collect data to have an ... «KIRO Seattle, Apr 15»
7
RFID News Roundup
The printer's optional RFID data verifier is designed to overstrike bad RFID labels and tags, and to immediately alert the operator. «RFID Journal, Jan 15»
8
Blizzard's Overwatch Gets Its Trademark Suspended
When I see videos and screenshots of Overwatch, the first thing that comes to mind is Insomniac's Overstrike, the gloriously cartoonish and ... «TechnoBuffalo, Jan 15»
9
World Coin Profile – Philippines Manila Overstrike 8 Reales of 1830
This week we focus our attention on one of the most important silver coins in the offering — the finest certified Manila Overstrike 8 Reales from ... «CoinWeek, Dec 14»
10
Blizzard announces first new franchise in 17 years, Overwatch
This is named similarly to Insomniac's original name for Fuse, which was Overstrike, and is also a cartoonish, team-based first-person shooter. «Destructoid, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overstrike [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overstrike>. Apr 2024 ».
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